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Ebersöhn, L.; Eloff, I.; Finestone, M.; van Dullemen, I.; Sikkema, K.; Forsyth, B. – South African Journal of Education, 2012
In this article we describe how using a visual, child-friendly measure of resilience in a randomised control trial (RCT), the Kgolo Mmogo (KM) project, resulted in representative insights on resilience in a mother-child relationship where the mother is HIV-positive. We used the existing psychological method Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) to measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Randomized Controlled Trials
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Milner, Katja M.; Craig, Ellen E.; Thompson, Russell J.; Veltman, Marijcke W. M.; Simon Thomas, N.; Roberts, Sian; Bellamy, Margaret; Curran, Sarah R.; Sporikou, Caroline M. J.; Bolton, Patrick F. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Studies of chromosome 15 abnormality have implicated over-expression of paternally imprinted genes in the 15q11-13 region in the aetiology of autism. To test this hypothesis we compared individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) due to uniparental disomy (UPD--where paternally imprinted genes are over-expressed) to individuals with…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Risk, Interpersonal Relationship
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Voelker, Sylvia L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1990
Forty-eight adults with mental retardation assessed their daily living competency using the revised Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Compared to subject and counselor interviews and demonstrated competency, the self-evaluation yielded highly consistent results on domains measuring adaptive skills, though subjects underreported problematic…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales
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Siaperas, Panagiotis; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
In November 2001, the Greek Society for the Protection of Autistic People (GSPAP) established the first residence for people with autism in Greece, following the guidelines of structured teaching and the TEACCH method with all 12 of the residents. Using interview questionnaires and systematic naturalistic observations, this case study explored the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Adults, Autism